Holder for pencils.



Patentd Aug. 22, less;

A. KLEIN.

HOLDEB FOB-PENCILS.

(Appii'cation filed Dec. 24, was.)

(No Model.)

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/NVENTOH ATTORNEYS WITNESSES I 6 g j Ii UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF KLEIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR PENCILS.

SPECIFICATIQN forming art Of Letters Patent NO. 631,644, dated August22, 1899. Application fiIedDecemheI 24,1898. $erial No. 700,251; (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLF KLEIN, of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York andYState of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Holder, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to holders for pencils and other writingimplements and used on pocket memorandum-books, tablets, dancecards, andlike articles; and the object of the invention is to provide a new andimproved holder arranged to securely hold a pencil or like writingimplement securely in place when not in use to guard against loss and topermit the user to readily remove the implement from the holder when itis desired to employ it for its legitimate purposes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theViews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied on amemorandumbook and with the pencil shown detached. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of the same with the pencil in'position, and Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section in part of the pencil and book, showing thesecurin g device for the pencil.

The improved holder illustrated in the drawings isarranged on amemorandum or note book having the usual covers A, the flexible back A,and the leaves or signatures A In the back A, between the latter and theback of the leaves or signatures A and preferably near the upper end ofthe notebook, is secureda nut 13, preferably made tubular and havingprongs B at the upper end adapted to be pressed into the covers A, so asto hold the nut securely in position on the memorandum-book to preventit from turning. In the nut B is adapted to screw a screw 0, preferablymade tubular and secured to one end of a pencil or other writingimplement D, the screw being preferably secured to the pencil byscrewing it on the same, but

other suitable means may be employed to securely fasten the screw inposition.

On the upper end of the screw 0 is formed a head 0 for limiting theinward screwing movement of the screw in the nut, said bead O abuttingagainst the upper end of the nut after the screw is screwed down in thenut, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. From the bead 0 projects integrallya-handle O adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to convenientlyturn the screw and pencil, so as to screw the screw in or out of the nutB, the handle also forming a cap for the tubular screw.

Now it will be seen that by the arrange ment described the operator isenabled to readily insert the pencil D in the tubular nut B and pass thepencil down in the space between the back A and the back of the leavesand signatures,A to finally bring the lower end of the screw inengagement with the nut B, so that when the operator now turns thehandle C the screw screws, in the nut until the bead C abuts againsttheupper end of the nut. The pencil is now securely held in position inthe note-book and is not liable to drop out, and when it is desired tomake use of the pencil the operator by simply turning the handle (1 inan opposite direction readily unscrews the screw 0 from the nut tofinally lift the pencil from the. note-book for use in the usual manner.

It is understood from the foregoing that the device is only shownapplied to a notebook at the back thereof; but it is evident that it canbe readily applied to other portions of the article on which it is used.For instance, on dance-cards the nut is secured in a loop to a leaf ofthe card, or on the memorandum-books the nut is secured in the loopatthe opposite side of the leaf near the forward end, and the screw canbe arranged near the middle of the writing implement, if desired.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent i 1. The combination with a memorandumbookprovided with a space between the back of its covers and the back of theleaves, of a nut in said space with its outer end flush with the ends ofthe covers, said nut being provided at its outer ends with prongsprojecting parallel with the body of the nut and,

a tubular screw adapted to be screwed onto the end of a pencil or thelike and into the said nut, said screw being provided at its outer endwith a cap forming a handle and between the cap and screw portion with abead forming a stop to limit the inward movement of the screw in thenut, substantially 20 as described.

ADOLF KLEIN.

\Vitnesses:

Tnno. G. IIOSTER, JNo. M. BITTER.

